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August 9, 2024

Michael Brown's Mother Still Fighting for Justice 10 Years After Her Son's Killing by Ferguson Officer
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Today marks 10 years since the police killing of 18-year-old Michael
Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. His death sparked an uprising led by the
Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson and across the U.S. Brown had
graduated high school just eight days before his killing. Brown's mother
Lezley Mc Spadden was interviewed recently by GMA3, where she said she
is still seeking justice for her son. This is part of that interview.

De Marco Morgan: "How would you like for your son, your baby, to be
remembered?"

Lezley Mc Spadden: "As a great big brother. All of his siblings love
him. He would have been a great contribution to this world, had his time
not been cut short."

Brown was killed by white police officer Darren Wilson, but a grand jury
and a federal investigation cleared Wilson. St. Louis County Prosecutor
Wesley Bell, who just defeated Congressmember Cori Bush in a closely
watched primary, also refused in 2020 to press criminal charges against
Wilson.

Today, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights is set to present Brown's case
before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of
Brown's mother.


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